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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1920)
V TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, POIfcTH. AND , JANUARY 23, 1920 7 PRODUCT ON OF GARS USED But the Big Trouble Now Is to Get Rail Shipments. FACTORIES UP AGAINST IT 1 2'4?K Slore Sew Models at tlie Xew York Auto Sliovv, but Fewer Special Jobs, Says F. V. Vogler. "Automobile production is increasing- rapidly, but the big difficulty now is to eet freight cars. For the past two or three years the factories seem always to nave a new alibi for beine unable to give us more cars. Sometimes their reasons are more consistent than at other times, but now when they place responsibility on the railroads and can show hun dreds of finished cars awaiting ship ment, we simply have to acknowledge that the problem is beyond their con trol." So declared F. W. Vogler, presi dent of the Northwest Auto company, on his return last week from visit ins various factories represented by the Northwest Auto company, and taking in tho New York automobile and truck shows. He doesn't see much prospect of improvement in the way of help from the railroads in overcoming the freight car shortage, to judge from the following: "I could get very little encourage ment from railroad officials as to when we might expect Improvement In freight car conditions. I suggest ed to one or two that when the roads are returned to private ownership on March 1 there should be Improvement because of the return of competition. They pointed out, however, that very littla new rolling stock has been add to anv road for the past three years, and that it takes thousands of cars annually to replace tnose iosi in wrecks and those that die natural deaths and find their way to the scrap heap, let alone provide for any increase. More Models Than Laftt Year. "The late James J Hill foresaw this condition several years ago ana re peatedly warned that railroads were not increasing their rolling stock fast enough to take care of the in creased demands that wouia inevii ablv be made upon them. Present conditions more than sustain his fore casts." Of the New York automobile show. Mr. Voirler savs that whereas last year there were 57 different makes of cars on exhibition this year the number totaled 81. an increase of 24. Iast year the show was conducted by the automobile dealers or iew lear, while this one was staged by the manufacturers. It is altogether like ly that all future New York shows will be under the auspices of the Na tional Automobile Chamber of Com merce. he declares The reason tor" this is that the manufacturers have always taken advantage of the New Vnrk Khow to introduce their new models an invited all their distrib ulnrs an d dealers to come to the show? As a. conseauence the New York iiaaiora founii that thev were con riuctinar the show for the benefit of manufacturers rather than for them- selves, so thi3 year they arranged with the factories to conduct the whole show as in the past. Mr. Vogler commented on the ab sence of freak designs and special paint jobs. Very little change, if any, was noticeable in tody construction, but there were some chassis changes. The absence of brightly-colored cars, he says, was undoubtedly due to the fact that the manufacturers con trolled the show, andthey discourage the demand for specially-painted cars. Most factories establish a standard color, generally dark blue or black, ar.d any variation from that means upsettirg the routine of their fac tories. Special Paint Job Costly. "Orders are piled up so high now adays," said Mr. Vogler, "that the whole effort is centered on quantity production. Further, I am told, the difference in cost of turning out a Epecially-painted car over the regular color is greater than the average per son realizes. If a purchaser were asked to pay the actual difference he would imagine he was on the scent of a profiteer, and to avoid this the lob is always quoted at a loss. An other noticeable feature of the show was that practically all cars selling around $1400 and over were six-cylinder. "There was also an increase in the number of eight-cylinder cars shown this year. The Lafayette, an eight, made by Messrs. White and Howard, formerly with the Cadillac factory. caused much favorable comment and was a big center of attraction for dealers and distributors. There was also a much larger display of ac cessories than in former years and tho opinion was expressed that the day will soon come wnen mere win be exclusive automobile accessory shows. "I could not help noticing the dif ferent atmosphere among manufac turers and distributors. It may be an Indication of a permanent change of conditions. At all former New York shows factory representatives were solicitous of the distributors, but in those days the factories had to hustle for business. This year, with their output sold for months ahead, their attitude was entirely different. They seemed to assume a free and inde pendent air, and It was a case of the distributors paying court to the manufacturers." FIVE-MILE ROAD TO BE BUILT Lcvl9 County Commissioners Call for Bids for Concrete Pavement. CENTRALIA, Wash.. Jan. 24. (Spe cial.) Monday. February 16, at 2 P. M., the Lewis county commission ers will open bids for the construction of five miles of concrete pave ment between Winlock and Cow litz nrairie to be built under the Donahoe road law. The pavement will be 18 feet in width and will connect the metropolis of southern Lewis county with the Pacific highway. J E. Price & Co. of Seattle recently pur chased the bonds amounting to $138,000 to provide funds for thi work. Construction of this job will be the first in Lewis county under the Dona hoe law, but other neighborhoods are making plans to avail themselves of the plan. Bucoda Wants Highway. CENTRALIA, Wash., Jan. 24. (Spe cial.) Bucoda citizens in the near future plan to send a big delegation to Olympia to place before Governor L. F. Hart and State Highway Com missioner James -Allen the matter of routing the Pacific highway, be t-tv-een Centralia and Tenino. through Bucoda Instead of Urand Mound, as at S-Ton Dump Truck Special Features: 4x614 Heavy Duty Motor Sterling Constant Mesh Transmission . Sterling Wood-lined Bolted Frame Sterling Trucks a size for every purpose" li2, 2, 212, 312, 5-Ton Worm Drive 5 and 7Vj Chain Drive 6 Speed Forward and 2 Reverse BUILT BY Sterling Motor Truck Co. Milwaukee, Wis. Distributed by Koehring Machine Co., 254 Hawthorne Avenue N.W. I MACK CHIEF HERE TELLS ITS ADVANTAGES. OF Mack Truck Cylinder Castings Are Put Through Special Heat Treatment Processes. Many inquiries are made daily by visitors to the salesroom of the International-Mack corporation who are interested in inspecting the special display chassis. This chassis is of an AC model Mack truck with all moving parts exposed and electrically operated. One of the questions almost Invariably asked, according to F. C. Atwell, general manager, is: "What do you mean when you say the cylinders and pistons of the Mack truck are annealed?" lt is because the sylinders and pistons of Mack trucks are annealed that the cylinders are cast in pairs. explains Mr. Atwell. "The annealing process takes place after they are bored, following which they are finished. Annealing is for the pur pose of relieving casting strains. When iron is poured and cools in the mold, it shrinks. This shrinkage is uniform all over the surface. Owing to the intricate shape of a cylinder casting, this causes unequal stresses within the metal which cannot entire ly be obviated even by the most care ful shaping of the patterns to equalize these strains. By annealing, which is simply heating to a cherry red and holding it there for several hours, the iron is made soft enough to stretch inside, thus relieving the stresses. "Annealing, furthermore, acts on cast iron in the same way as heat treatment improves steel. It takes out the hard spots and makes te metal of even and homogeneous texture. This permits the cylinders being finished by the reaming process, more accurate than grinding. Those who do not anneal the cylinders must grind them because the metal is of uneven texture and a tool will spring over the hard spots. "If the cylinders and pistons were not annealed, which in practically all other engines they are not, a partial annealing process will take place after being put into service, due to the heat of combustion while run ning. As annealing always changes the shape of a casting somewhat, this results in distortion so that the cylin ders or pistons get out of round. By annealing Just before finishing and then reaming to- perfect form, we relieve these strains and subsequent heat has no tendency to .distort the cylinders or pistons." BRISCOE GETS BODY PLAXT John Bohnet Company Reported to Have Been Absorbed. The Briscoe Motor corporation is reported to have acquired the John Bohnet company of Lansing. The Bohnet company is one of the largest manufacturers of closed automobile bodies, and in taking over this plant every facility for building all the bodies for Briscoe closed models is assured. Several changes and im provements to the present plant will be made to take care of 1920 Briscoe production. REPAIRS BOX'T WORRY HIM Hudson Owner Goes 126,000 Miles at Repair Cost of $28.27. Driving 126.216 miles with a total repair expense of $28.27 is the proud record of G. T. Carlisle of Pomona, Cal. Mr. Carlisle is with the Amer ican Beet Sugar Co., at Chino. Two years ago they bought a Hudson Super-Six, according to Mr. Carlisle, had 126.216 Hudson miles to Novem ber 1 with only one expense, occa sioned when super-six was bumped by another car, entailing an outlay of less than $30. Gasoline Weights. Car owners may be interested to know that 64 test gasoline, which is about what we get now, weighs half an ounce over six pounds to the gal lon. On the other hand, the 74 test gas that we once got weighs five pounds and 12 ounces to the gallon. nrr YOU can count on the storm battling ability of White Trucks. Deep snows may impede but cannot stall them. After the great blizzard in Philadelphia winter before last, the city's transportation facilities were practically halted with the exception of White Trucks. This was also true in other cities. . Whenever road conditions are adverse and few wheels are turn ing, the sustained performance of White Trucks is always in evidence. In White 3-3& and 5-ton trucks with Double Reduction Gear Drive this ability to conquer severe conditions has been still further developed. All the driving force of a motor whichgets full power from every atom of fuel is applied to the wheels near Ae rim; highest leverage is secured. The gears roll in oil, dust proof. There is no sliding contact. The factor of friction is very low. White Trucks not only do the hardest work. They do it for the least money. 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